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Article #181Re: unhappy about overloading finger
From: Rodent of Unusual Size
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 11:03
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 11:03
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>From article <1992Jul23.032058.3292@reed.edu>, by nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar):
>
>> Dunno, but Ultrix finger joyfully screws up on user "@". Try "finger
>> @@some.ultrix.machine.army.mil" - it's quite fun.
>
>Only if you use DEC's old, ancient, decrepit, (oh, and BROKEN) finger.
>(It's a real "neat" screwup, too! :-) ) Seems like most DEC sites don't
>even use their own software anymore. Interesting.
So what's supposed to happen? I'm running a system with standard ULTRIX
(other than modified FTP), and all this does is a full finger of the
passwd file of the remote system. Is that the screwup? What should it do
instead?
#ken :-)} Jeratol the Chaotic
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Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!news!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!Nephi.Enet.DEC.Com!coar From: coar@Nephi.Enet.DEC.Com (Rodent of Unusual Size) Subject: Re: unhappy about overloading finger Message-ID: <1992Jul24.100650.9235@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> Sender: usenet@nntpd.lkg.dec.com (USENET News System) Organisation: Employed by (*NOT* speaker for) DEC, Boxborough, MA, U.S.A. Organization: Digital Equipment Corp. Distribution: comp Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 11:03:39 GMT Lines: 21